The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-08
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ing political campaigns
.~ssed IN Georgia. An extreme
4Tterness, running often into person
dlties, marked it. Its excitement reach
ed climax last night when tn 0usands of
voters marched and bivouacked in the
streets to be ready for an early advance
upon the polls.
The Piedmont exposition did not close
until the 22d Of October, and both sides
agreed that during the progress of the
exposition nothing whatever should be
done by either side, as it would mar the
unity OF the citizens in their enthusiastic
support of the exposition.
Both sides plunged into the fight with
wonderful activity as soon as the exposi-
ton was over. In two days after the
exposition closed tho fight was on in all
Its fury, and excited more Interest and
activity than had ever been shown in o
campaign before in this city. For over
month the citizens have been engaged
in the contest.
Meetings have been held almost every
mig ht, and local speakers and visiting
orators have stumped the county from
end to end of the city and every cross road
in the county. Early in tho campaign
the prohlbitionists leased the largest
warehouse in the city and fitted it up
with seating capacity for 5000 people.
Almost nightly that building has been
filled, and such scenes Of wild enthusi-
asm are rarely Witnessed
Among the prominent prohibition
speakers who plunged fearlessly into the
light early in the campaign was United
States Senator A. II. Colquitt and Mr..
ID. w. Grady. These were assisted by
almost every minister in the city, who
preached prohibition from their pulpits
Sunday after Sunday to deeply interest
ed congregations. Prominent among
the preachers who led the prohibition
light in Atlanta were Rev. Drs. J. B.
Hawthorne, H.. @. Morrison and j. w.
Lee. These three ministers entered into
tho fight with wonderful zeal, spoke
night after night, and in almost every
III the county. Tho most prominent
leaders of the anti's were Senator Joseph
IL. Brown, Captain E. p. Howell and
Captain John B. Goodwin. Both sides
had full campaign funds and managed
their respective causes for all they were
worth.
The negro vote was the bone of con-
tention, and WAS the balance of power.
Each side made the most treuuous en-
deavors to scCnre it III every way posi-
ble. The negroes were considerably
divided on the subject, though majori-
tinists.
Ono Of the fcntyrcs Of the contest has
been the active part taken by many wo-
men Of the city. Several Of the churches
organized committees from among their
female members, who took an active part
III the campaign. They organized the
women OF the tOlOrrl churches into
societies, and met with them and prayed
with them dny after. The result Of their
work was shown to-day by the appear
Gnre of large numbers of women ut the
polls with blue badges. they served not
coffee and sandwiches ut every polling
place, and conducted prayer meetings
and singing crusndcs i'll the open nlr.
Fulton county, in which Atlanta is
located voted two years ago on the same
question, and went for prohibition 10y n
majority Of 22S ont Of about 8, 600 votes.
The registration this time exceeds that
Of last year by =, 600 votes and this excess
gave the doubtful figures Tor either side
to estimate on during tho campaign.
The principal fight made on prohibi-
tion during the campaign was that it did
not prohibit, and that Intoxicating drinks
could be openly purchased Ill II number
OF places throughout tho city which puid
taxes to the United States government
fof the sale OF whiskey. Thousands of
gallons have Dccn sent i'll each month
from cities around Atlanta from which it
was almost as easy to get Jug rs it was
at bars in the city. The ants claim that
prohibition injured the city, which was
yielding $4,000 n year in whiskcy IL
cenSes, without decreasing in the slight
est the amount of whiskoy sold in the
city.
The prohibitionists, on the other hand,
fs1o fbot A 10 l,,c l,,. 4
hibition; that whilo it was so voted years
ago, the licenses then existing did not
expire, some of them, until almost a year
ago, and that since that time the domes-
tic wine clause in the local option bill
allowed many places i'll the city by which
the law could be easily cvadcd. This
was, however, rcmcdied by the last
Legislature, which put license of
$4,000 on all wine rooms, which license
will go into effect after January l.
The prohibitionists claimed that with
wine rooms out of the city there would
be no places for the easy evasion of the
law if officers would properly enforce it,
The result to-day indicates public
opinion on the subject. The city has
gone wet by probably 1000 majority
Great enthusiasm prevails i'll the streets
Men, women and children are minghng
in the mammoth procession that is
marching about the town. Thousands
of negroes, wearing grotcsques garbs of
red material, are yelling like coyotes
Bands are playing, tirecrackers arc OK
plOding and red banners nro waving.
The ministers and others prominent in
tho prohibitory movement arc chagrinoo
at the unexpected result.
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